State College, PA Events: Community Calendar

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Libraries invites submissions for the seventh annual competition for the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award. The competition aims to find the best thesis by a Penn State undergraduate student in consultation with his or her adviser, with the winner receiving $1,250. Awards of $750 and $500 are presented to the second- and third-place recipients, respectively.

Undergraduate students from all Penn State campuses who graduated in summer or fall 2017 or plan to graduate in spring 2018 are eligible for the spring 2018 award. The competition includes a review of the submitted theses by a faculty jury and oral presentations by the students chosen as finalists.

"Through this award, the University Libraries emphasizes the importance of utilizing quality research methods and employing a thorough understanding of the legal and ethical issues related to the use of information. Both are key components of academic excellence,” Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, said. "The projects submitted in past years have been very impressive, and each thesis has demonstrated excellence in the research process of locating, evaluating and utilizing appropriate scholarly resources."

Students must submit an online application, have a statement of support submitted by a Penn State faculty member, and provide a copy of their final thesis. Important dates for the 2018 award include:

Now: Discuss the award and thesis requirement with your faculty adviser.
11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 9: Deadline to submit a copy of your final thesis, the online Student Thesis Application, and the Faculty Statement of Support.
Monday, April 23: Three finalists will be notified.
Thursday, May 3: Public oral presentations by finalists will be held in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.
Details, including submission forms and application criteria, are available on the Library’s webpage. The Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award is a partnership between the University Libraries and the Schreyer Honors College.

For more information, contact Wendi Keeler at wak109@psu.edu or 814-863-5449.

The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State is now taking registrations for summer art camps! Camps for grades 1st-2nd, and 3rd-5th are one week 9am-4pm; pottery camps for grades 6th-9th are half day (9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm), 2 weeks.
Choose from a variety of camps- polar animals, story books, nature, multicultural art, room decor and more!
Register online! http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/craftcenter/

Here are the dates for art camps 2018 for children entering
(grades 1-2), and (grades 3-5)
Session 1: June 18-22
Session 2: June 25-29
Session 3: July 9-13
Session 4: July 16-20

Silly Science, Imaginarium, Stop-Motion Animation and more! State College Friends School Summer Camp programs have something - including swimming and field trips - for everyone! For more information on our Wee Friends camps for children ages 3-5, Kids Camps for children entering kindergarten through 4th grade, or Creative Arts camps, for children entering 4th through 7th grade, please visit our website, send us an email, or give us a call.
All Friends School summer camps are guided by the Quaker principles of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. These camps are developed and supervised by Friends School staff and creative, loving camp counselors in a safe, caring community.

Join professional film makers, writers, producers, and directors for this two week summer day camp in State College, PA. For aspiring film makers entering grades 10-12. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!

• Learn from people who are working professionals in the field of film and video production.
• Our instructors are experienced film makers and have won EMMY, Telly, and numerous other awards for their work.
• The camp is taught by professionals who will help define the digital media industry and its real world opportunities.

Green Light Media Camp will run two sessions from July 16 - 27, 2018. Choose to attend in the morning or the afternoon. Each day, Monday through Friday is 3 hours long and includes instruction, discussion and hands-on experience in all areas of film / video / and digital media production including:

• Writing • Directing • Producing • Editing • Cinematography
• The realities of being a film maker...you made a movie, now what?
• Career opportunities in video production and digital media
• Exploring the options and advantages (or disadvantages) of a college education in film

Registration is open, space is very limited! Register before March 14 and take $70.00 of regular registration price!

Green Light Media Camp is operated by BlueWhiteTV, a local film, video, and digital media agency. Our instructors have more than 20 years experience in creating feature films, documentaries and all forms of educational video content.

Participants must have completed 9th grade and be entering either 10, 11, or 12th grade in the fall. Each session is limited to 20 participants. Camp will be held at the BlueWhiteTV studio in State College. This is a day camp and no meals, transportation or overnight accommodations will be provided.

This introductory class is designed for beginners or as a refresher to the process. You will learn how to identify different brain states that hijack your ability to move forward, and experience powerful meditational tools that can reverse that process. You’ll get hands-on experience in the Neurosculpting® modality of meditation and brain entrainment to see if this process is right for you.

The Neurosculpting® practice is designed to help you prime your brain for optimal engagement. This is the standard induction for ALL Neurosculpting® meditations. As a stand-alone meditation this is great for quieting the fight-or-flight response and bringing exercise to your higher-level executive attention centers. It’s simple, direct, and very powerful.

In simple terms, Neurosculpting® is a 5-step meditation process that can strategically help an individual release the grip of old patterns and entrain their brain to create new and more supportive patterns, habits and behaviors.

Join us for this free class to experience the power of this meditation!

A series of weekly classes will follow, for full details and registration please visit:
https://thedancingpilgrims.lpages.co/statecollegeneurosculpting/

Start your week off with yoga and reap the harvest. This class builds strength, flexibility, and balance, while at the same time nurtures a sense of spirit. You’ll leave feeling more connected to yourself and the big energy, prana, that powers us all. The class will also teach principles of optimal alignment and how to tap into the power of breath. All levels are welcome!

Stay up to date on the most recent class schedule on our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/

PACCT (Parents of Addicted Children Coming Together) is a program offered by Centre Helps that provides education and emotional support to parents who are struggling with the substance abuse of their child.

Our six-week course incorporates group discussion and opportunities for participants to interact, with an emphasis on self-care and personal well-being. Topics include: substance abuse, addiction, recovery, and relapse; impacts on the family; healthy behaviors and coping skills; how to reduce enabling behaviors; how to encourage sobriety in the home; and treatment options and local resource information.

PACCT offers a supportive environment in sessions guided by professional therapists and trained facilitators; group members help each other problem solve and find ways to potentially intervene and break the cycle of addiction.

Centre Helps has long provided emotional support and information regarding substance abuse to people living with the problem as well as the families affected by it. Recognizing the need in our community for a program that specifically addresses the challenges faced by parents, we welcome your inquiries and registration (all participants must register) by calling 814-235-7672.

Early registration discounts available now! Join professional film makers, writers, producers, and directors for this two week summer day camp in State College, PA!

• Learn from people who are working professionals in the field of film and video production.
• Our instructors are experienced film makers and have won EMMY, Telly, and numerous other awards for their work.
• The camp is taught by professionals who will help define the digital media industry and its real world opportunities.

Green Light Media Camp will run two sessions from July 16 - 27, 2018. Choose to attend in the morning or the afternoon. Each day, Monday through Friday is 3 hours long and includes instruction, discussion and hands-on experience in all areas of film / video / and digital media production including:
• Writing • Directing • Producing • Editing • Cinematography
• What it's really like to be a film maker
• Career opportunities in video production
• Exploring the value of a college education in film

The foundation of vinyasa is linking breath to movement. In this invigorating class, you will create heat and energy in the body as you flow through a sequence of postures linked by breath. In addition to physical postures that build balance, strength, and flexibility, this class integrates pranayama breathwork and meditation to instill a sense of calm and relaxation. An extended savasana at the end of practice provides an opportunity to soak in these mind-body benefits. Whether you are newer to yoga or an advanced practitioner, different pose variations are given so you may practice at your own comfort level.

The Radiant Temple invites you to join us for Sacred Cacao Ceremonies!

~ Learn to use plant medicine to support your personal healing and spiritual practices

~ Deepen the connection to yourself and your inner knowing

~ Experience supportive meditative practices with specific intentions led in a group setting

Known as a "Heart Opener," Cacao is used in ceremonial context as a way to deepen the experience of a self-healing journey. This beautiful plant ally supports us through physical, emotional, and energetic healing. We invite you to experience the gentle potency of this ceremony by going beyond what you know of chocolate to meet the natural source.

Join us for a Single Cacao Ceremony or the Whole Series!

Spring 2018 Ceremonies: January 6th, January 20th, February 11th, March 17th, & April 21st from 6:30-8:00pm

The ceremony will take place in a seated and/or lying down position with support, and is suitable for all mobility levels. No previous experience with Cacao or meditation is needed to participate. Persons aged 13 and up may participate, but anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Space is limited to ensure support and facilitation at the highest level for each participant.

For FULL Details including REGISTRATION and PAYMENT:
https://thedancingpilgrims.lpages.co/cacao-state-college/

Free for Penn State students; $5 suggested for each community member
Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and the Penn State Alumni Association in partnership with the Blue & White Society and the PSU Music Service Club.

Penn State School of Music faculty members and students who have traveled to Cuba will share music, experiences, and reflections on one of the world’s richest artistic cultures.

Designed especially for Penn State students, but open to everyone, Classical Coffeehouse provides an opportunity to hear traditional and contemporary music in a casual atmosphere. Each coffeehouse includes a mini performance, discussions among artists and audience members, and social time with the musicians and others in attendance.

Enjoy complimentary refreshments. Seating is limited. Standing room is available when seating is filled. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Classical Coffeehouse is free for University Park students. A $5 donation is suggested for each community member. Donations help to sustain the coffeehouse series.

One of our most dynamic, engaging performers returns! Ellis Delaney is at once funny and wise, thoughtful and uninhibited, and her captivating voice is matched by her songs with uplifting lyrics and infectious spirit and enthusiasm. If you looked up the definition of open-hearted in the dictionary, you just might find her photo there. Ellis’ performances are transformational; she leaves her audiences better than she finds them, with softened edges & opened hearts.

Due to last year's overwhelmingly positive feedback, the Nittany Knights Mens A Cappella Barbershop Chorus will again be performing our annual show "It's About the Music", at the STATE THEATRE this year.

Enjoy four part A Cappella harmonies in the Barbershop style and our world class guest quartet, PRATT STREET POWER will be featured.
They won the 2016 International Youth Barbershop Quartet Contest in Nashville, TN! They are also the 2017 Mid-Atlantic District 2nd Place Quartet and are 2017 International Quartet Semi-Finalists. All four singers are active members of Parkside Harmony Mens Chorus. They are the 2018 Mid-Atlantic District Chorus Champions and 2017 International Chorus Medalist.

The show will also feature the Mount Nittany Middle School children's chorus and other quartets.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Portrayed as big, bad and ravenous, the wolf in fairy tales is most often the villain, a beast who tricks and then devours both children and adults before meeting a violent end. A new Penn State University Libraries exhibition, “What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales,” opening Tuesday, Jan. 16, in Penn State University Libraries’ Eberly Family Special Collections Library, takes a close look at historical depictions of the wolf in well-known and lesser-known fairy tales, drawing from several sources among Special Collections Library materials.

Highlights of the exhibition include early illustrated editions of fairy tales — especially those collected by Charles Perrault and the Grimm Brothers — as well as unusual and visually engaging pop-up, shaped and artists’ books. The variety of books on view, from “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs” to lesser-known titles, such as “The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids,” offer a trove of rich imagery for asking what the wolf symbolizes and what our complicated relationship with wolves — both real and imaginary — reveals about our own human nature.

The exhibition “What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales” asks visitors to consider what the wolf symbolizes and what our complicated relationship with wolves — both real and imaginary — reveals about our own human nature.

“Wolves and their motivations can be interpreted in a myriad of ways depending on who is doing the looking,” Clara Drummond, Special Collections Library curator and exhibitions coordinator, said. “The wolves on view range in their appearance, from dog-like and wolf-like to human-like, and express various states of mind, from menacing to friendly. Looking closely at their appearance on the page adds to our understanding of the moral lessons of the tales.”

Visitors to the exhibition also will be able to view the award-winning 2012 short documentary “Wolf Mountain,” which tells the story of Tonya Littlewolf and the pack of rescued wolves she cares for. The film offers a more nuanced portrait of the wolf than one commonly presented in European fairy tales and provides insight into the plight of real wolves in the United States.

The 2018 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts is scheduled for March 22 in Foster Auditorium, 103 Paterno Library, and will feature an invited speaker whose research relates to the exhibit. The Mann Lecture, named in honor of Charles W. Mann Jr., the first Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair for Special Collections in the University Libraries, is an annual event featuring scholars with academic research areas connected to the materials held in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. It is supported by the Mary Louise Krumrine Endowment. Additional details about the 2018 Mann Lecture are forthcoming.

“What Big Eyes You Have! Looking at the Wolf in Fairy Tales” is scheduled for display through Sunday, May 13, in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library Exhibition Room, 104 Paterno Library, on Penn State’s University Park campus. For more information about the exhibition, contact Clara Drummond at cjd86@psu.edu.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ­— A visual arts exhibit titled “Home: Contemporary Indigenous Artists Responding,” will be on display through Aug. 31 in the Walter and Dori Goldstein Music and Media Center, second floor West Pattee Library, University Park campus.

The exhibit gathers the work of 12 Indigenous artists working in printmaking, who each adopt a unique perspective from which to consider the ideas of community, place and belonging.

Organized by Melanie Yazzie, professor of art at the University of Colorado at Boulder, this exhibition demonstrates an Indigenous relationship to home and homeland, enmeshed in a history of defense, sacrifice, resiliency and redefinition. The exhibition includes a print and an original essay by Assistant Professor of Art Kevin Slivka, who was instrumental in bringing this collection to Penn State.

An interactive iPad kiosk accompanies the exhibit, offering biographical information about each artist, as well as complementary supplemental material related to the collection.

Ruth Knowles
This is a retrospective show of symbolic paintings and collages. They
combine surrealism, folklore, and motifs which are long-used by the
artist. Much of the work attempts to transform facts of nature into
symbols for the artist's inner and life experiences.

Lynn Anne Verbeck

Nature is a deep well of inspiration in my work. Repetition, rhythm,
and flow translate into a visceral exploration in clay. I am
fascinated with how nature divides and segments plants, petals, leaves
and even underwater creatures around a main axis. Water coursing in an
undulating river, sinuously carving the earth, is echoed in a line on
my pot.

This juried exhibition celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania and showcases the work of our area’s many talented artists. This year’s juror is B. Stephen Carpenter II, Professor of Art Education and African American Studies; Co-Director of the Summer Institute on Contemporary Art (SICA); and Chief Executive Artist for Reservoir Studio at Penn State. Founded in 1968, the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization that exists to serve students, artists, and the art-loving public in Pennsylvania’s Centre County, the adjacent counties, and beyond. The Art Alliance builds bridges between teachers and art students of all ages and actively encourages community members to become involved in diverse and ever-changing art experiences. For more information on the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, please visit their website at artalliancepa.org.

When you eat or drink at Harrison's Wine Grill from Monday, March 19 to Sunday, March 25, and you mention your intended support, 20% of your check (before taxes and gratuity) will be donated to Ten Thousand Villages of Central PA! Since this offer extends to carry out orders (excluding deliveries), you can participate at hour home or office as well!

All funds raised will support efforts to open and operate a Ten Thousand Villages store in State College!

A free community dinner will be held on Monday, 4-19 at St Pauls Methodist Church @ 250 E College Avenue. The event is open to anyone. The meal will focus around healthy eating, nutrition and low cost meal preparation. Local chefs and experts will be available to speak to.

This is a joint collaboration between Community Bite and Bridge of Hope Centre County. Please spread the word.

Start your week off with yoga and reap the harvest. This class builds strength, flexibility, and balance, while at the same time nurtures a sense of spirit. You’ll leave feeling more connected to yourself and the big energy, prana, that powers us all. The class will also teach principles of optimal alignment and how to tap into the power of breath. All levels are welcome!

Stay up to date on the most recent class schedule on our website: http://www.wellnessinmotionstudio.com/classes-and-events/class-calendar/

A free community dinner will be held on Monday, 4-19 at St Pauls Methodist Church @ 250 E College Avenue. The event is open to anyone. The meal will focus around healthy eating, nutrition and low cost meal preparation. Local chefs and experts will be available to speak to.

This is a joint collaboration between Community Bite and Bridge of Hope Centre County. Please spread the word.

PACCT (Parents of Addicted Children Coming Together) is a program offered by Centre Helps that provides education and emotional support to parents who are struggling with the substance abuse of their child.

Our six-week course incorporates group discussion and opportunities for participants to interact, with an emphasis on self-care and personal well-being. Topics include: substance abuse, addiction, recovery, and relapse; impacts on the family; healthy behaviors and coping skills; how to reduce enabling behaviors; how to encourage sobriety in the home; and treatment options and local resource information.

PACCT offers a supportive environment in sessions guided by professional therapists and trained facilitators; group members help each other problem solve and find ways to potentially intervene and break the cycle of addiction.

Centre Helps has long provided emotional support and information regarding substance abuse to people living with the problem as well as the families affected by it. Recognizing the need in our community for a program that specifically addresses the challenges faced by parents, we welcome your inquiries and registration (all participants must register) by calling 814-235-7672.

The foundation of vinyasa is linking breath to movement. In this invigorating class, you will create heat and energy in the body as you flow through a sequence of postures linked by breath. In addition to physical postures that build balance, strength, and flexibility, this class integrates pranayama breathwork and meditation to instill a sense of calm and relaxation. An extended savasana at the end of practice provides an opportunity to soak in these mind-body benefits. Whether you are newer to yoga or an advanced practitioner, different pose variations are given so you may practice at your own comfort level.

The Radiant Temple invites you to join us for Sacred Cacao Ceremonies!

~ Learn to use plant medicine to support your personal healing and spiritual practices

~ Deepen the connection to yourself and your inner knowing

~ Experience supportive meditative practices with specific intentions led in a group setting

Known as a "Heart Opener," Cacao is used in ceremonial context as a way to deepen the experience of a self-healing journey. This beautiful plant ally supports us through physical, emotional, and energetic healing. We invite you to experience the gentle potency of this ceremony by going beyond what you know of chocolate to meet the natural source.

Join us for a Single Cacao Ceremony or the Whole Series!

Spring 2018 Ceremonies: January 6th, January 20th, February 11th, March 17th, & April 21st from 6:30-8:00pm

The ceremony will take place in a seated and/or lying down position with support, and is suitable for all mobility levels. No previous experience with Cacao or meditation is needed to participate. Persons aged 13 and up may participate, but anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Space is limited to ensure support and facilitation at the highest level for each participant.

For FULL Details including REGISTRATION and PAYMENT:
https://thedancingpilgrims.lpages.co/cacao-state-college/

The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State is now taking registrations for summer art camps! Camps for grades 1st-2nd, and 3rd-5th are one week 9am-4pm; pottery camps for grades 6th-9th are half day (9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm), 2 weeks.
Choose from a variety of camps- polar animals, story books, nature, multicultural art, room decor and more!
Register online! http://studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/craftcenter/

Here are the dates for art camps 2018 for children entering
(grades 1-2), and (grades 3-5)
Session 1: June 18-22
Session 2: June 25-29
Session 3: July 9-13
Session 4: July 16-20

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Libraries launched its Penn State-exclusive creative writing platform today (Feb. 28), enabling anyone with an active psu.edu email address to join the site to submit, vote and comment on others’ original works. To celebrate, the Libraries’ Short Stories website is hosting its first short story competition with the theme “New Beginnings,” and winners’ works will be added to Penn State’s first set of short story dispensers on the University Park campus.

“The Libraries’ Short Stories site offers the Penn State community the opportunity to share and receive feedback on their creative fiction writing with an engaged audience of their peers,” Joseph Salem, the Libraries’ associate dean for Learning, Undergraduate Services and Commonwealth Campuses, said. “The program’s innovative platform provides a unique literary opportunity for our users, while supporting Penn State’s strategic plan thematic priority to advance the arts and humanities.”

The final phase of the Libraries’ innovative agreement with vendor Short Edition, the Penn State Libraries Short Stories site, psu.short-edition.com, allows any University student, faculty or staff member to create an account to submit short works of original fiction. Stories’ reading lengths of approximately one, three or five minutes can be uploaded in six genres. Stories are publicly visible on the website for anyone to read, although only Penn State account holders can login to offer comments and “like” or vote for contest favorites.

The new Penn State Libraries Short Stories site, psu.short-edition.com, allows any Penn State student, faculty or staff member to create an account to submit short works of original fiction as well as “like” and offer comments on others’ submitted stories.

The short story competition’s submissions are limited to 8,500 characters, including spaces, and must be received by April 20. Multiple authors whose stories follow the online submission guidelines and are uploaded before the contest deadline will be eligible to win prizes, to be announced, and will have their stories added to Penn State Libraries’ first set of short story dispensers for readers’ randomly selected printouts. Winners, chosen by a student-run editorial team who also will include fan favorites from website voting, will be announced on or before Friday, April 27.

Four of Penn State Libraries’ first five short story dispensers are on the University Park campus — two at Pattee Library and Paterno Library first floor entrances, plus one at the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, 201 Davey Lab, and one at the Division of Undergraduate Studies offices, first floor Grange Building. The fifth is inside Schlow Centre Region Library in downtown State College. With the help of donors, the Libraries hopes to expand the number of short story dispensers in strategic locations to include Commonwealth Campuses and increase the impact of the University-wide initiative.

For more information about the Short Stories “New Beginnings” contest, contact Hailley Fargo, student engagement and outreach librarian, at hmf14@psu.edu. For other questions about Penn State Libraries’ short story dispensers and online initiative, email Joe Salem at jsalem@psu.edu.

“I feel blessed to live in such a beautiful area, surrounded by mountains to explore, streams and rivers to fish, and an abundant source of inspiring landscape to paint. I hope to interpret my work, for others, that which moves me when I view the land.”Natural elements, such as the soothing sound of a waterfall, the smell of a field of freshly baled hay, or the feel of a rocky climb, trigger Jeanne McKinney’s desire to capture their spirit in a painted image. By working directly outdoors, she not only paints the landscape, but becomes a real part of the landscape thus allowing her to express a more authentic and honest interpretation. McKinney begins her artistic process by developing several studies followed by a gestural drawing in nupastel with a turpenoid wash. A variety of soft pastels are applied loosely over the under paintings working from the general to the specific. She often works with a limited palette of pastels to bring cohesiveness to a painting. Jeanne McKinney is a Penn State alumna and currently resides in the State College area. She is a member of several local and national professional artist groups and has studied painting workshops with numerous Juried Associate Members of the Pastel Society of America. McKinney has exhibited her paintings in juried national and regional exhibitions, and her work can be found locally at The State College Framing Company and Gallery, The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center, and the Gallery Shop in Lemont, Pennsylvania.

Dates:

01/18/2018 - 06/18/2018

Start Time:

12:00 pm

Location:

Room 206

Address:

Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs , University Park, PA, 16802 (map)

There’s something fascinating about a group of friends having a conversation. The subtle flicks of fingers and matching rise and fall of voices, the undulation of the crowd. Lydia Walton draws those moments; the lounging, the talking, the tilt of a chair’s legs leaned too far away from the ground. She brings those people into her imagination,separates them from their flawed reality, and lets them spill onto the page, altered to fit a strange world of her design that features similarly altered busses, streets, buildings, and other everyday environments. Walton’s work seeks to explore pervasive themes in popular entertainment as well as the effect of popular media on social interaction. Lydia Walton is currently a senior at Penn State majoring in Painting and Drawing.

Due to last year's overwhelmingly positive feedback, the Nittany Knights Mens A Cappella Barbershop Chorus will again be performing our annual show "It's About the Music", at the STATE THEATRE this year.

Enjoy four part A Cappella harmonies in the Barbershop style and our world class guest quartet, PRATT STREET POWER will be featured.
They won the 2016 International Youth Barbershop Quartet Contest in Nashville, TN! They are also the 2017 Mid-Atlantic District 2nd Place Quartet and are 2017 International Quartet Semi-Finalists. All four singers are active members of Parkside Harmony Mens Chorus. They are the 2018 Mid-Atlantic District Chorus Champions and 2017 International Chorus Medalist.

The show will also feature the Mount Nittany Middle School children's chorus and other quartets.

Free for Penn State students; $5 suggested for each community member
Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and the Penn State Alumni Association in partnership with the Blue & White Society and the PSU Music Service Club.

Penn State School of Music faculty members and students who have traveled to Cuba will share music, experiences, and reflections on one of the world’s richest artistic cultures.

Designed especially for Penn State students, but open to everyone, Classical Coffeehouse provides an opportunity to hear traditional and contemporary music in a casual atmosphere. Each coffeehouse includes a mini performance, discussions among artists and audience members, and social time with the musicians and others in attendance.

Enjoy complimentary refreshments. Seating is limited. Standing room is available when seating is filled. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Classical Coffeehouse is free for University Park students. A $5 donation is suggested for each community member. Donations help to sustain the coffeehouse series.

Registration for the State College Warriors youth lacrosse organization is now open. We have programs for boys in grades 1-8 and girls in grades 3-8. Our season runs from March 26 to May 26. See the website [http://statecollegelax.website.siplay.com] for more details or email us at statecollegewarriors@gmail.com.